Kulgam Job Fair: 12 youth got on-spot jobs in private sector

Kulgam, June 17: As many as 12 unemployed youth from Kulgam were provided on-spot jobs in private sector during a job fair organised by District Employment and Counseling Centre (DE&CC) Kulgam.

Director Employment J&K, Nisar Ahmad Wani said 12 Unemployed youth were provided on spot offer letters while 350 fresh registrations were made and 257 candidates were shortlisted for the next rounds during the screening by various private companies.

A dozen Private Companies and Skill Development Organisations operating in Education, Finance, Skill Development, Agriculture, Automobile and Insurance sectors including Team Brain Development Institute Pvt. Ltd, M/s Ilena Technologies, M/s Green Planet Bio-products, WizKids Edu-corp, M/s Think & Win Technologies, M/s Future Solutions Pvt. Ltd, Imperial Institute Kulgam, Nivia Bupa Health Insurance Company, Bajaj Allianz, Tata AIA Life, SBI Life and Ashoka Leyland participated in the event with around 600 vacancies.

          Wani said the day-long Job Fair in the district aimed to provide a suitable and convenient platform to the educated unemployed youth and facilitate their interaction with the Private Companies and Employers for Training, Skilling and placement.

The event saw an overwhelming response from the Job seekers and companies.

On the occasion Resource Persons from line departments disseminated the information about their respective schemes and programmes to the unemployed youth.

While addressing the audience, Director Employment emphasized upon the youth to come out of the traditional mind set up and participate in such kinds of events to extend their horizons of vision and wisdom. 

He advised the participants to upgrade their skills as per the Job market demand/trends and enhance their chances of employment. 

 Director informed the participants that unemployed youth (25-30 per batch) from each district will be imparted short term employment/ entrepreneurship oriented training as per the market/ industry demand and for this purpose applications from eligible and desirous youth shall be invited from 20th June 2023 by the respective District Employment & Counselling Centres.

 These training/skill development courses will be conducted in collaboration with NIELIT, IHM, IMPA&RD, Universities, Polytechnics, ITI and other Government recognized skill development institutions, he added.

 The training shall be provided free of cost and the trainees will also get a monthly stipend of Rs. 1000 each.  Joint Director Employment Kashmir, Hakeem Tanveer Ahmad, Assistant Director Employment, DE&CC Kulgam Nowshad Anjum Mir and other officers were also present on the occasion.